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Norman Mailer (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Beginning with The Armies of the Night, Norman Mailer published several works that cross the conventional boundaries of fiction and nonfiction: a “novel biography,” Marilyn; a “true life novel,” The Executioner’s Song; and an “imaginary memoir,” Of Women and Their Elegance. Because of his sophisticated handling of style, structure, point of view, and characterization, much of Mailer’s journalism and reportage approaches the novel’s complexity of language and form: Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal...
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American Dream, An (American Fiction) -
American Dream, An (Character Profiles) -
American Dream, An (Identities and Issues) -
Armies of the Night, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Armies of the Night, The (Character Profiles) -
Armies of the Night, The (Literary Places) -
Executioner’s Song, The (American Fiction) -
Executioner’s Song, The (Character Profiles) -
Gospel According to the Son, The (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Harlot’s Ghost (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Harlot’s Ghost (Magill Book Reviews) -
Man Who Studied Yoga, The (Short Stories) -
Marilyn (Nonfiction) -
Naked and the Dead, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Naked and the Dead, The (Character Profiles) -
Naked and the Dead, The (Identities and Issues) -
Naked and the Dead, The (Literary Places) -
Of a Fire on the Moon (Nonfiction) -
Oswald’s Tale (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Time of Her Time, The (Short Stories) -
Time of Our Time, The (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Time of Our Time, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Contemporary Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Experimental Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Origins and Development of the Novel, 1890-1980 (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
